SYSTEM OF A DOWN [2005] Mezmerize

Tracklist ...
01. Soldier Side - Intro (1:04)
02. B.Y.O.B. (4:15)
03. Revenga (3:48)
04. Cigaro (2:12)
05. Radio/Video (4:09)
06. This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm On This Song (2:08)
07. Violent Pornography (3:31)
08. Question! (3:21)
09. Sad Statue (3:26)
10. Old School Hollywood (2:57)
11. Lost In Hollywood (5:21)

GUNS N' ROSES [2008] Chinese Democracy

Tracklist ...
01. Chinese Democracy (4:43)
02. Shackler's Revenge (3:37)
03. Better (4:58)
04. Street Of Dreams (4:46)
05. If The World (4:54)
06. There Was A Time (6:41)
07. Catcher In The Rye (5:53)
08. Scraped (3:30)
09. Riad N' The Bedouins (4:10)
10. Sorry (6:14)
11. I.R.S. (4:28)
12. Madagascar (5:38)
13. This I Love (5:34)
14. Prostitute (6:15)

GRETCHEN PETERS + TOM RUSSELL [2009] One To The Heart, One To The Head

Tracklist ...
01. North Platte (0:56)
02. Prairie In The Sky (4:40)
03. Billy 4 (5:36)
04. Blue Mountains Of Mexico (3:37)
05. These Cowboys Born Out Of Their Time (4:12)
06. Guadalupe (5:39)
07. Sweet And Shiny Eyes (3:00)
08. Wolves (4:16)
09. Snowin' On Raton (4:23)
10. Old Paint (3:08)
11. My Last Go Round (3:43)
12. North Platte - Reprise (1:07)
13. If I Had A Gun (3:10)
14. Prairie Melancholy (6:09)

CHER [2000] Not.Com.mercial

Tracklist ...
01. Still (6:15)
02. Sisters Of Mercy (5:02)
03. Runnin' (3:56)
04. Born With The Hunger (4:03)
05. (The Fall) Kurt's Blues (5:17)
06. With Or Without You (3:44)
07. Fit To Fly (3:53)
08. Disaster Cake (3:25)
09. Our Lady Of San Francisco (2:21)
10. Classified 1A (2:55) bonus track
NOTE
In late 2000, Cher issued the album Not.Com.mercial, which was sold exclusively via the website www.cherdirect.com. The album, as the title implies, was not sold in stores. So, from the onset, the album was marked as a rarity. It's also a rarity because it's the first album comprised almost entirely of original material written by the lady herself. The album has a 1970s singer/songwriter feel. At times it sounds somewhat country and twangy, other times somewhat bluesy, but always completely different from her previous effort "Believe" (these songs were written during a songwriting retreat in 1994, so well before her transformation into a dancefloor staple).
The songs range from slow to mid-tempo and have quite engaging lyrics, proving Cher adept in the role of storyteller. Album highlights include the bluesy "(The Fall) Kurt's Blues," which was written for tragic grunge god Kurt Cobain. The catchy, twangy "Disaster Cake" was written about one of her daughter's former girlfriends, and "Fit To Fly" recalls late-'80s, Heart of Stone-era Cher.
Also included is an old Sonny & Cher tune, "Classified 1A," which was shelved because it was deemed un-American. The album is a tad muddled (some melodramatic lyrics, as in "Sisters of Mercy" when she yells the chorus "sisters of mercy, daughters of hell!"), but overall the songs prove effective, and the album is a must for the singer's legions of fans. -- AllMusic

MEAT LOAF [2004] Bat Out Of Hell Live

Tracklist ...
01. Bat Out Of Hell (11:48)
02. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) (5:16)
03. Heaven Can Wait (5:09)
04. All Revved Up With No Place To Go (5:22)
05. Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad (5:42)
06. Paradise By The Dashboard Light (11:07)
07. For Crying Out Loud (10:40)
NOTE
Meat Loaf with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Recorded live in Melbourne, Australia - February 20 and 22, 2004.

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